Glyptothorax major (Boulenger 1894)

Alfred W. Thomson & Lawrence M. Page, 2006, Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)., Zootaxa 1345, pp. 1-96 : 50

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scientific name	Glyptothorax major (Boulenger 1894)
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Akysis major Boulenger 1894 ZBK : 246. Type locality: Senah River, Tagora River and Baram River , Sarawak state, Borneo, East Malaysia. Syntypes: BMNH 1892.9.2.59 (1), 1892.10.7.26 (1), 1893.3.6.173-178 (6?).

Glyptosternum kuekenthali Steindachner 1901 ZBK : 448, pl. 18 (fig. 5-a). Type locality: Baram River, Borneo . Holotype: SMF 752 .

Distribution: We have examined specimens only from Borneo. This species has been reported from Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula (Wirjoatmodjo, 1987; Roberts, 1989; Lim et al., 1990; Zakaria Ismail, 1993).

Remarks: We consider Glyptosternum kuekenthali ZBK to be a synonym of G. major based on examination of a photograph of the type of G. kuekenthali ZBK .